The phrase "as a basic cable" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to something related to basic cable television services, but it lacks context and clarity.
Example: "The package includes several channels, but you can only access them as a basic cable subscriber."
Alternatives: "as a standard cable" or "as a basic television service".
As a basic cable movie, however, it's the usual cocktail of clichés.
Subscribers outside New York City will be able to see YES as a basic cable channel on a 24-hour basis.
It agreed to carry YES in 2003 because of a deal brokered by New York's attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, and will keep offering it as a basic cable channel through early 2009 because of a binding arbitration ruling.
How does Bravo, with a subscription base of 5 million, operate as a basic cable network without commercials?
As a basic cable network, Bravo had to conform to the same standards as such basic services as USA, TNT and TBS.
A basic cable is included, as is one with a mic and remote controls, but they only work with Apple products.
Disney had asked for carriage for new cable channels as well as a sizable subscriber fee for its existing Disney Channel, which the company wants to shift from a premium cable channel to a basic cable channel.
Bravo made the switch from a pay service to a basic cable network two years ago, although a number of cable companies still carry it as a pay service, said vice president and general manager Kathy Dore.
TV is in a new golden age with some great shows on premium cable channels including HBO and Showtime, as well as basic cable networks such as Comedy Central, TNT and F/X.
Later this month, the YES Network will find out if it will be carried across the New York City region as an expanded basic cable network, as it desires, or as a pay option, as Cablevision wants.
But on Tuesday night, a panel of three arbitrators delivered much of what YES wanted by ordering Cablevision to carry YES as an expanded basic cable channel -- not as a premium service as it has been under a one-year agreement that ends Wednesday, several executives with knowledge of the ruling said.
